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=====The Copula - Intransitive Paradigm ===== | =====The Copula - Intransitive Paradigm ===== | ||
The paradigm for the copula with intransitive verbs is not as elaborate as its transitive counterpart, nevertheless it still displays a great deal of complexity. The intransitive paradigm is used for stative verbs, NP arguments that are semantic Patients, and also for NP arguments whose thematic roles are clearly that of Agents. In the case of the latter type, there is no overt marking indicating that the NP is an Agent; instead, there are intransitive verbs that take only Agents as their core argument, e.g. ''temen'' "to walk downstream" [Agent] (c.f. ''oacir'' "to be carried downriver" [Patient]). | |||
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